> And think about it - how likely it is that this group > would contain legendary figures such Sir Isaac Newton, > Victor Hugo, Botticelli, and Leonardo da Vinci. Why/how > would this group of people be members?
Same way lots of people you don't expect are Masons. Secretive groups aren't like the Mouseketeers -- their membership isn't accessible to general scrutiny. I'm not saying they were, just saying you can't say with certainty that they weren't on the basis of lack of evidence to the contrary. Not saying the DaVinci code is accurate either -- I haven't ever read the book... it just frustrates me to hear people make the same old, tired argument of "well gee, I can't prove x, so x must be untrue", just like any time you point to an average you get all kinds of "sensing" people saying "well if you're saying most people are x and I'm personally not x then you must be full of it" as though they've never learned the definitions of words like "most" or "many" so any of these words must have the same meaning as the word "all". Lack of proof is not the same as proof of a negative and anecdotal information about a specific incident doesn't invalidate a generalization. s. isaac dealey 954.522.6080 new epoch : isn't it time for a change? add features without fixtures with the onTap open source framework http://www.fusiontap.com http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/author/4806Dealey.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:160475 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
